The "Not Thomas.. But Still Thomas" Review: Bachmann Junior 'Puffing Billy'

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  • @necjerseyrailfan7500
    @necjerseyrailfan7500 2 роки тому +50

    Wait hold up, your going to the greenbergs train show in edison nj on the 27th and 28th!?

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +10

      Yessir along with Marvin, SodorRYModeler, BowledOut95, Austerity, ToadTrain, Enterprising Engine, lots of people!

    • @necjerseyrailfan7500
      @necjerseyrailfan7500 2 роки тому +6

      @@ItsTrainBoy oh cool! Maybe I'll see you guys at the train show

  • @Nubfist
    @Nubfist 2 роки тому +50

    “Puffing Billy” is actually the name of a narrow gauge railway near Melbourne in Victoria (Australia). Some of the engines are even in a green livery very similar to this one’s! Another great video, as always :D

    • @samuelpotter6639
      @samuelpotter6639 2 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately no green e2 though imagine if Australia had the last ever e2 tank engine

    • @pilotbug6100
      @pilotbug6100 2 роки тому +2

      Same here

    • @TheBrickGuy7939
      @TheBrickGuy7939 2 роки тому +2

      Funnily enough, Thomas would have potentially been LNER green had he been a J50.

  • @SodorTrain1225
    @SodorTrain1225 2 роки тому +61

    Billy is a tank engine. He is privately owned by a man called "The Train Boy". He spends most of his time shunting trucks in yard. He is rather content with this lifestyle, but occasionally gets lonely. Perhaps his owner may find him a friend.

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +16

      As soon as possible! 😉

    • @SodorTrain1225
      @SodorTrain1225 2 роки тому +5

      @@ItsTrainBoy 👍 Also, could I have your permission to write a story about Isabella? She is your OC after all.

  • @FunnyManUnFun
    @FunnyManUnFun 2 роки тому +73

    "billy" the washed up brother of thomas. but really this model is nice

  • @sdmedia1323
    @sdmedia1323 2 роки тому +76

    Nah man, there’s no need to put a face on it.
    Just stick a mini cone in one of it’s windows for a megaphone and call it a Tugs character.

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +31

      ^^ I’m with this idea more lowkey

    • @stationmasterkuma
      @stationmasterkuma 2 роки тому +17

      "Oi, Billy! Do you have my load?"
      "Yeah. I'll give it to you Ten Cents. Just, not at the moment."

    • @mistermadmachine6311
      @mistermadmachine6311 2 роки тому +1

      🤔👍

    • @amirsaidthelux8564
      @amirsaidthelux8564 2 роки тому +6

      "hey puffa!"
      "A- an E2?"
      "no. im billy. i do look like your brother show's main character but i am not a E2. im a rebuilt A1x."
      "oh. still. why are you here?"
      *"we dont talk about that"*

    • @loanedengineproductions
      @loanedengineproductions 2 роки тому +2

      @@stationmasterkuma Maybe "Billy" would be good friends with TopHat.

  • @TheGreyTurtleEntertainment
    @TheGreyTurtleEntertainment 2 роки тому +78

    He's a really useful eng- wait that's not Thomas!
    All in all, why do I have a sneaking suspicion this is probably the most affordable E2 model? XD

    • @Masky875
      @Masky875 2 роки тому +1

      B i l l y

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 2 роки тому

      Dont bachman have the thomas licence for the USA and are using the same molds ?

    • @wumpus976
      @wumpus976 2 роки тому

      @@highpath4776 yes. They’ve had the license since 2002.

  • @ASHE_ATTACC
    @ASHE_ATTACC 2 роки тому +16

    *At the Backmann HQ*
    Guy 1: Okay team, we have a quota to meet by the end of this week. We need to fluff up our stock, what should we do?
    Guy 2: Oh, I know! What about rereleasing an old model?
    Guy 3: What about recoloring one of our existing models?
    Guy 4: *not listening, playing with a Thomas model*
    Guy 1: ...
    Guy 4: ...
    Guy 1: By God you're a genius

  • @Pyrotrainthing
    @Pyrotrainthing 2 роки тому +16

    Can't believe the Bachmann Junior range predicted Thomas the Tank Engine OC's. Jokes aside, the Bachmann Junior range did real good at converting Thomas and Percy and makes me wonder what it'd look like if Bachmann Junior made more of the recolored Thomas & Friends locomotives.

  • @simple_spud7613
    @simple_spud7613 2 роки тому +25

    If you wanted to reference Master Chief, you could probably add it to your WW2 fleet, and giving it the appropriate nickname

  • @easykeysy5973
    @easykeysy5973 2 роки тому +5

    When I saw the name puffing Billy I was confused because there is a real train in Australia called puffing Billy but it’s the Bachmann one

  • @mgr_video_productions
    @mgr_video_productions 2 роки тому +8

    3:33 Billy goes Down the Mine and other stories.

  • @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
    @WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 2 роки тому +4

    Fun fact:
    Lionel reused the same 0-8-0 over *13 TIMES* in a ten year period

  • @Oscar-xj1nd
    @Oscar-xj1nd 2 роки тому +7

    The billy boy

  • @ArcusArmis19
    @ArcusArmis19 2 роки тому +4

    For a second I thought bachman had released an Australian "Puffing Billy" Locomotive and i was so excited

  • @teaoftraffic
    @teaoftraffic 2 роки тому +27

    Unfortunately, Puffing Billy is forever cursed with sharing a name with the one model era character that everyone hates.

    • @loisloopez1973
      @loisloopez1973 2 роки тому +2

      Also sharing a name with a railway in Australia and it’s locomotive

  • @TuShan18
    @TuShan18 2 роки тому +10

    A stumpy e2 actually looks pretty good in green. If you go with an au, maybe you can say it’s one of Thomas’ brothers that did t get scrapped.

  • @deads6665
    @deads6665 2 роки тому +5

    Cool I been at puffing billy for a few times The actual railway in Australia

  • @plaguedoctormuffin
    @plaguedoctormuffin 2 роки тому +3

    6:23 master chief mind telling me what you are doing in thomas the tank engine and friends
    Sir going choo choo mode

  • @pubigub.7250
    @pubigub.7250 2 роки тому +7

    I'm glad to see another upload from you, your channel is great because of all the variety we get and the video quality itself is great, keep up the amazing work man!

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +5

      Thank you so much brother man! :) I promise I’ll do my best, thank you for not only watching but taking the time to leave these kind words!

  • @MilesModelWorks
    @MilesModelWorks 2 роки тому +5

    This model would make a great real life thomas custom

  • @isbryanflyingordying2202
    @isbryanflyingordying2202 2 роки тому +2

    It would be cool if Bachman started doing this with other Thomas engines with realistic takes on them

  • @brendanthetankengine21peep30
    @brendanthetankengine21peep30 2 роки тому +2

    Bachmann UK: Can I copy your Homework?
    Bachmann US: Sure, but make sure it looks different.
    Bachmann UK:

  • @lilsqueegee2757
    @lilsqueegee2757 2 роки тому +2

    fun fact puffing billy is a real train over here in australia that still runs today, It was built in the 1900s to help trasport people, logs, livestock and other goods in the hills but aside from the grean paint it looks quite a bit different, for example its a 2-6-2 with 3 domes on its boiler and a brass cap on its funnel

  • @Steamenginesunited3456
    @Steamenginesunited3456 2 роки тому +10

    I hope that tea was tasty.

  • @Melody_Ninjago_Lover
    @Melody_Ninjago_Lover 2 роки тому +13

    What do you call a train who has a cold? A choo choo train
    *I'll show myself out* I'm off track
    *okay I'm done*

    • @Masky875
      @Masky875 2 роки тому

      -no no it's fine-

  • @willlikestrains9531
    @willlikestrains9531 2 роки тому +8

    The reason why it runs better is due to the lack of an eye mech, likely entirely. If you open up a Bachmann Thomas’s gearbox and remove the eye mech gears it will most likely run the same.

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +8

      That’s fair man, I try to remove them the moment I get my hands on models that feature them. I’m sure there are people that actually like it but I can’t imagine it warrants the issues they cause.

  • @ThomasWoodenRailwaySeries
    @ThomasWoodenRailwaySeries 2 роки тому +6

    Why Thomas? He doesn’t even know the way!

  • @steelworksryan3285
    @steelworksryan3285 2 роки тому +2

    I dare you to turn that into Bluebell.😎

  • @FlyingDuckMan360
    @FlyingDuckMan360 2 роки тому +1

    It does kind of look like either Bluebell (which got an ERTL model) or LBSC Thomas from The Adventure Begins (which got Trackmaster, Adventures, and MINIS models).

  • @thewillofabeast9079
    @thewillofabeast9079 2 роки тому +2

    3:27
    (Chuffing along)
    😊
    (Abruptly stops)
    😕?
    (Moves camera | Sees it’s derailed)
    Oh fu-
    Lol

  • @EdwardsDayOut
    @EdwardsDayOut 2 роки тому +1

    ah yes, my favorite thomas character, *Master Chief*

  • @crimsondynamo615
    @crimsondynamo615 2 роки тому +1

    “Stop telling me what to do!”

  • @numptypootis8012
    @numptypootis8012 2 роки тому +3

    For being a model coming from your grandad, I would just his broken lamp brackets and keep him as is, like the others had said he is quite valuable (coming from number 1 Bachmann Junior collector himself, I had two Billys haha) but personally any Bachmann Junior loco is quite a uncommon and nice thing to have, only very minor detail changes and all that are good unless it was very broken and scratched up then maybe a repaint can do, I'm going on and on about nothing but just having a unique repaint kept just as himself is a nice thing

  • @thomasthetankman2084
    @thomasthetankman2084 2 роки тому

    As always your weathering is awesome and realistic as possible.

  • @oakrail8100
    @oakrail8100 2 роки тому +1

    1:08 funny when you realize the picture is from a Tyco trains catalog lmao

  • @trainfanofjames13
    @trainfanofjames13 2 роки тому

    My birthday is tomorrow and great model I don't even have a backmann Thomas but by your reviews I know what there like

  • @overpoweredsteamproduction513
    @overpoweredsteamproduction513 2 роки тому +2

    Honestly, one thing that I have always wanted to do is make a model of Thomas without a face, and of course make it filthy. I want to make him look like a work horse rather than a Childrens toy

  • @connor.kasper
    @connor.kasper 2 роки тому +2

    Sending love all the way from New Zealand

  • @SolventBirb
    @SolventBirb 2 роки тому +3

    I was literally looking at those models ready to buy them this morning

  • @Steam_Tram_Studios
    @Steam_Tram_Studios 2 роки тому +1

    I love the new hair color!!

  • @lukechristmas3951
    @lukechristmas3951 2 роки тому +1

    1:08 Says Bachmann, shows a Tyco Catalogue. But seriously, I had not idea these were official models! I've seen them before but I always thought they were customs. I learned something new today! Also, I think the retooling is forgivable in their Thomas line, but I personally have beef with their classic USRA 0-6-0 models they produce...

  • @STARBXY300
    @STARBXY300 2 роки тому +2

    This is really cool i love the paint job

  • @rustyduncan3664
    @rustyduncan3664 2 роки тому +1

    I love these line of engines they’re so nice looking and If I owned one I would keep it as is I wouldn’t repaint it into thomas or anything I love them how they are
    You’re lucky to have one in your constantly expanding collection

  • @Jam_Van
    @Jam_Van 2 роки тому +1

    Puffing Billy is a kinda famous Australian engine...

  • @ejisbored7438
    @ejisbored7438 2 роки тому +3

    *Billy*
    That name....
    Remind you of anyone 🤔

  • @Thetrainbloke
    @Thetrainbloke 2 роки тому

    “Stop telling me what to do Thomas” huffed billy. “You are a very bossy engine”.

  • @adamhickey396
    @adamhickey396 2 роки тому +1

    Reminds me of what ERTL used to do with their models. Flying Scotsman, I'm looking at you!

    • @kevincook7524
      @kevincook7524 2 роки тому

      Well, Flying Scotsman is the same class as Gordon

    • @adamhickey396
      @adamhickey396 2 роки тому

      @@kevincook7524 Agreed, however when I was younger and got him, I was so disappointed that it didn't come with a second tender like in the ep.

  • @Juggernogger64
    @Juggernogger64 2 роки тому +1

    Trainboy face finally revealed😳

  • @Sam_Dabboi
    @Sam_Dabboi 2 роки тому

    i dont know why but looking at you in the intro just makes me think of canada

  • @connor.kasper
    @connor.kasper 2 роки тому +1

    Mean video bro lovely work

  • @Blue65Tank
    @Blue65Tank 2 роки тому

    Ah UK Ringo, I see you are a man of culture

  • @Brianrockrailfan
    @Brianrockrailfan 2 роки тому +1

    great video

  • @tre-engines
    @tre-engines 2 роки тому +1

    Thomas the NOT Thomas engine rolling along

  • @kingofthepod5169
    @kingofthepod5169 2 роки тому +1

    Bachman USA also has the spectrum line which is very respectable, well known for the ge 44, 45 and 70 ton locomotives.

  • @johnstewart5437
    @johnstewart5437 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @valesbridge_yt
    @valesbridge_yt 2 роки тому +3

    you gotta get all 3 now.
    2005 and Stuart

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +3

      To complete the Infinity Gauntlet

  • @ZstackZip
    @ZstackZip 2 роки тому +1

    Yooooo I wonder if they’ll ever retool this as Thomas

  • @Fanofmurdoch9702
    @Fanofmurdoch9702 2 роки тому +2

    Yes

  • @SaltyVan
    @SaltyVan 2 роки тому +3

    “Puffing Billy”
    ?
    That’s Australian bro

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +3

      Yeah I know, Bachmann’s the one who named it though so who knows bruv. :/
      It’s also an earlier locomotive too made in New Castle but that’s different lol

  • @Leonardo-cw1dd
    @Leonardo-cw1dd 2 роки тому

    that is a very cute mug in the intro

  • @aliminator1310
    @aliminator1310 2 роки тому +2

    I think this model is stronger because it doesn't have the moving eye mechanism!

  • @sebastianmarconi2855
    @sebastianmarconi2855 2 роки тому

    Great video, but at 1:07 that's a TYCO train catalog from 1976 😅😅
    People either love Tyco or they hate them.

  • @TBone-bz9mp
    @TBone-bz9mp 2 роки тому +1

    Word to the wise if your gonna open this fellow up, the chassis is really strange, instead of the moter being integrated into the chassis block, its a free floating unit that only meshes from the body being screwed in. To make maters even more annoying the DCC socket is screwed into the Cab roof of all places AND the wires to the chassis from the socket thread THROUGH the footplate, meaning that has to come off as well. So, just had a go getting into 'Stuart', Billy's DCC fitted brother, Ho boy. Okay first there are two long screws on the chassis front and back, you need to take the chassis off to get at the front screw holding the body on, next you need to take the three screws holding the body to the footplate off, one is under the chassis block at the front and the other two at either corner of the cab. The moter isn't actually free floating, but it is screwed into the body, two screws take em out and finally you unscrew the socket, two screws. Meaning you have nine screws to keep track of.

  • @sealard9635
    @sealard9635 2 роки тому +2

    We all miss Leokimvideo

  • @daniel-san-augh
    @daniel-san-augh 2 роки тому +4

    Bimmy :)

  • @railway187
    @railway187 Місяць тому

    Looks nice. What is inside the cab? Is the motor in there? Or is it empty and could the black window boards be removed to improve the realism?

  • @DolgochProductions
    @DolgochProductions 2 роки тому +3

    Nice.

  • @JordysRailVideos
    @JordysRailVideos 2 роки тому +1

    Not to be confused with the Puffing Billy Railway in Australia

  • @ultrakaan55
    @ultrakaan55 2 роки тому

    I couldn’t when he grabbed the mug on the other side instead of grabbing the handle

  • @dirtygreencaterpillarprodu9205
    @dirtygreencaterpillarprodu9205 2 роки тому +2

    Cool!

  • @flyingScotsmanProductions
    @flyingScotsmanProductions 2 роки тому

    Great custom my guy! Did u move?

  • @ANewEra05
    @ANewEra05 2 роки тому

    I really wanna get this model now

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 2 роки тому +1

    There’s also Greg and Stuart

  • @Ricardocomics14
    @Ricardocomics14 2 роки тому

    The Junior range came out after the Thomas range actually.
    Like one or two years after.

  • @Steamgames2006
    @Steamgames2006 2 роки тому

    I love how he mix his normal life with the intro xd

  • @flyingtardisOfficial
    @flyingtardisOfficial 2 роки тому +1

    whilst the junior range is indeed rare, per loco, no more than £50 each do they typically go for, £25 is kind of average and anything lower is just a steal, anything higher than £60 is frankly a rip off
    also the sets range between £50-£100 normally, even the DCC ones, because of the lack of collectors for them and people looking at the junior range as "just a toy" so they go under the radar.
    i can confirm aswell, the junior "Not-Thomas" models are identical inside to the original release bachmann thomas pre-snowplow and pre-chassis shortening, the only real difference is the lack of eye mech and gears leading up to the eye mech
    The Greg and GWR "Not-Percy" models also feature a special wheel retaining plate for a front coupling to be applied, meaning if someone with contacts at bachmann could find the tooling for this piece, the bachmann percy could be that bit better

  • @timothydelaval1089
    @timothydelaval1089 2 роки тому +1

    i wish you could still buy them today

  • @wills_corner
    @wills_corner 2 роки тому +2

    Ngl I just want the smokebox door lol

  • @andrewshearsby8125
    @andrewshearsby8125 2 роки тому

    Hoping we in the uk get more Bachmann Thomas like Edward, Emily snd more rolling stock

  • @klipsfilmsmelbourne
    @klipsfilmsmelbourne 2 роки тому +1

    American puffing billy vs Australian puffing billy

  • @mistermadmachine6311
    @mistermadmachine6311 2 роки тому

    I’ve seen this model at least twice before now and I have to say I like it 😔but I don’t have my own

  • @myrandomthings1
    @myrandomthings1 3 місяці тому

    Do you know if these are split axles or not, also these are vary expensive now as every collector wants these

  • @jakmanseven310
    @jakmanseven310 2 роки тому +1

    3:33 Down The Mine

  • @warrior3456_
    @warrior3456_ 2 роки тому +1

    Master chief with an orange face would be hilarious

  • @TheRealityfades
    @TheRealityfades 2 роки тому +1

    Ollie is a great guy but he was in shock

  • @thefwaynes
    @thefwaynes 2 роки тому

    Dude Greg at 1:35 is really cool looking

  • @RTSOC
    @RTSOC 2 роки тому

    Theres a bachmann junior 0-6-0 stuart up sale on ebay in uk rn...

  • @SalmanMentos
    @SalmanMentos 5 місяців тому

    Ahh yes billy, i remember him
    Its the guy from boyne city railroad

  • @Its_thomass
    @Its_thomass 2 роки тому +4

    Cool this is one of your best customs!

    • @ItsTrainBoy
      @ItsTrainBoy  2 роки тому +6

      It's not a custom really as of now, it's just a Bachmann Junior loco :)

    • @Its_thomass
      @Its_thomass 2 роки тому +2

      @@ItsTrainBoy alright

  • @MATT2productions
    @MATT2productions 2 роки тому

    Imagine taking off the name and number plate and add a face, u get an LBSC rws, tvs and cgi Thomas custom

  • @TheTealEngine
    @TheTealEngine 2 роки тому +1

    What did they do to Thomas

  • @PoTayeTo
    @PoTayeTo Рік тому

    The fact that he does not care about the heat of his tea💀

  • @highpath4776
    @highpath4776 2 роки тому

    A few Puffin Billy sets in local model shops, about £120ish or less

  • @thomasthetankman2084
    @thomasthetankman2084 2 роки тому

    Train boy on a Sunday mourning

  • @owennorman7833
    @owennorman7833 2 роки тому

    Can you please do a narrow gauge collection video

  • @judestefanik3145
    @judestefanik3145 2 роки тому

    "this.." *INTENSE BAND MUSIC*

  • @seppedijkstra3507
    @seppedijkstra3507 2 роки тому

    FUN!

  • @katies6426
    @katies6426 2 роки тому

    Can we get a review of your G Scale Tender engine?

  • @Belangerz
    @Belangerz 2 роки тому

    6:18 I’m with you brother

  • @smaaenart4067
    @smaaenart4067 2 роки тому

    Love how you use Mario music sometimes, the Galaxy games are my favorites